Vladi Iancu

CTO · I write about engineering leadership, systems, and staying human

Respect the Working Code

Why I stopped applying the craftsmanship filter on day one

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The CTO Contradiction

More screen time is good... but bad

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The Backdoor That Almost Took Down the Internet

XZ Util Backdoor

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I stopped writing by hand

and it feels strange.

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There is no playbook

AI changed everything

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The Myth of the Data-Driven Decision

Hard to swallow pills

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